SPOT Basic Software

The SPOT Basic™ image capture software enables microscopists to create publication quality pictures easily. The live image window provides a preview of the image capture so you can see how the image will look before you capture it. The live image window is ideal for panning through slides to locate areas of interest, and its focus gauge and detail magnifier enable fast and precise focusing. Color temperature, contrast and automatic white balance options create excellent color fidelity. Acquiring flawless images or image sequences is as effortless as a single mouse click.After image capture, measurements, reticles, calibration marks, and other enhancements can be applied. Image sequences can be played back as a movie. Images can be dropped into a SPOT report for printing, or saved in several different file formats for publication or printing. The SPOT Basic software together with a SPOT digital camera provides a simple but effective way to enhance your professional image.

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SPOT Advanced Software

The SPOT Advanced™ software is a comprehensive toolkit for SPOT camera owners who need precision control over their hardware. Image captures can be triggered externally for accurate timing with peripherals. Measurements, reticles, scale bars, and other annotations are available to enhance your image. Images can also be archived into a customizable database, dropped into the SPOT report generator for printing, or saved in several different file formats for journal submission. Repetitive tasks can be simplified with macros, user-defined taskbars and custom dialogs for commonly used functions. Microscopists capturing fluorescence images can merge and palletize images to easily differentiate fluorophores. All user preferences and settings can be permanently saved with password-protected user logins.

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SPOT Advanced Software Modules

Modules for peripheral device control, quantitative imaging, live image overlay, and extended depth of focus can be added to the SPOT Advanced software to support specialized functions if needed for your application. The modules can be purchased separately so they can be added as your needs evolve.

Time and Reputation Saver for the Reference Lab

Many reference labs struggle with establishing what they have received from their clients organizations. Most have found that failure to document the incoming samples can lead to their reputation being put into question. To address this issue may have implemented table top document scanners. These scanners provide a minimum documentation in a workflow that is slow and cumbersome often taking 60 seconds to scan, and save the image files.

For large labs this has turned into full time employment for multiple workers producing marginal quality images. BlocDoc changes the equation by providing a system that is designed for the job automatically capturing and saving enhanced images of labeled cassettes and slides. Placing the cassette or slide takes 2 seconds and the BlocDoc does the rest.

The result is a 30x increase in worker productivity freeing worker to perform essential work elsewhere in the lab. The second benefit are professional images that provide tissue detail necessary for conclusive discussions about the samples received bolstering your institution's reputation.